Exclusive: ABC Mushroom trial podcast appears to breach suppression order
The ABC's hit podcast covering the trial of Erin Patterson appears to have breached a suppression order designed to protect witnesses.
Osman Faruqi
The Age's attempt to justify Israel's slaughter of civilians is a shocking new low
On Friday morning The Age published two opinion pieces by Jewish Australians on the topic of Israel’s war in Gaza. Framed as an attempted “debate”, the two stories instead came across as a reminder of how willing The Age (and most Australian outlets) is to publish pro-Israel voices (Jewish
Inside the ABC's controversial decision to pull a Gaza interview
In the past week it feels like there's been a shift in terms of the Australian media's coverage of Gaza. The willingness to constantly defer to the Israeli government and the avoidance of certain language deemed taboo by editors, examples we've highlighted on the
Does the Coalition split actually make sense? Plus, a new NRL vs. AFL war breaks out
First up, thank you. We launched Lamestream a month ago and we're blown away by the response, support, encouragement, feedback and ideas. Leaving our full-time jobs in the media to try and build something new, exciting and independent always felt daunting, but it feels like we made the
Can the Greens and Labor stop hating each other?
The scene is set for maybe Australia's most progressive parliament, but the bad blood between the Labor party and the Greens runs deep and could prevent a progressive agenda really being pursued. Osman Faruqi takes a look at the relationship and whether it can be reset.
How Gaza coverage exposes the Australian media's fundamental flaws
It's difficult to imagine a more significant story in our lifetimes that the ongoing invasion and slaughter in Gaza, at the hands of the Israeli government. It's also a story that the Australian media, with very few exceptions, has covered terribly. The media's deference
Four election narratives that deserve more attention
One of the trickiest things when it comes to writing about elections is avoiding the temptation to over interpret what the results mean and draw out some kind of broad narrative or reflection on the "state of the nation". Why? Well, we only get a real time pulse-check
Five election night surprises that could reshape politics
One of the peculiar ironies about this election is that even though we've been subjected to one of the least inspiring and interesting campaigns in Australian political history, we're probably still likely to end up with one of the most fascinating parliaments ever. While mainstream media
Exclusive: Why we created Lamestream
Introducing Australia's newest media venture.